Terry Huang is an American-Canadian-Taiwanese prevention scientist, distinguished professor at the

CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy The CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy (commonly known as the CUNY School of Public Health, or CUNY SPH) is a public American research and professional college within the borders of City University of New York (CUNY) system o ...

and chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management. He was previously chair of the Department of Health Promotion at the College of Public Health at the

University of Nebraska Medical Center The University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) is a public academic health science center in Omaha, Nebraska. Founded in 1869 and chartered as a private medical college in 1881, UNMC became part of the University of Nebraska System in 1902. Ra ...

in Omaha, Nebraska. He is a leading expert on childhood obesity, systems approaches to community health, and chronic disease prevention.

Education

Terry Huang received his PhD in Preventive Medicine and MPH from

University of Southern California , mottoeng = "Let whoever earns the palm bear it" , religious_affiliation = Nonsectarian—historically Methodist , established = , accreditation = WSCUC , type = Private research university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $8. ...

in Los Angeles, CA. He received his BA in Psychology from

McGill University McGill University (french: link=no, Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter granted by King George IV,Frost, Stanley Brice. ''McGill Universit ...

in Montreal, Canada. Huang holds an MBA from the

IE Business School IE Business School is a graduate and undergraduate school of business, located in Madrid, Spain, European Union, Europe. It was founded in 1973 under the name Instituto de Empresa and since 2009 is part of IE University. IE Business School runs ...

in Madrid, Spain.

Career

Terry Huang is a specialist in the area of

childhood obesity Childhood obesity is a condition where excess body fat negatively affects a child's health or well-being. As methods to determine body fat directly are difficult, the diagnosis of obesity is often based on BMI. Due to the rising prevalence ...

, chronic disease prevention, and systems science in public health. Huang is co-founder and senior advisor for the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR) which coordinates activities the

National Institutes of Health The National Institutes of Health, commonly referred to as NIH (with each letter pronounced individually), is the primary agency of the United States government The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U ...

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the national public health agency of the United States. It is a United States federal agency, under the Department of Health and Human Services, and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georg ...

United States Department of Agriculture The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is the federal executive department responsible for developing and executing federal laws related to farming, forestry, rural economic development, and food. It aims to meet the needs of com ...

, and the

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is an American philanthropic organization. It is the largest one focused solely on health. Based in Princeton, New Jersey, the foundation focuses on access to health care, public health, health equity, ...

. He was Vice President North America for the World Obesity Foundatio

In 2009, Terry Huang testified before the United States House Energy Subcommittee on Health, US House Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health on the subject of ''Innovations in Addressing Childhood Obesity.'' In 2010, Terry Huang was the recipient of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary's Innovation Award. Terry Huang is chief specialty editor for public health and nutrition for

Frontiers in Public Health ''Frontiers in Public Health'' is a multidisciplinary open-access journal that is published online by Frontiers Media Frontiers Media SA is a publisher of peer-reviewed, open access, scientific journals currently active in science, technology, ...

. As of 2024, Terry Huang is a Fellow at the

New York Academy of Medicine The New York Academy of Medicine (the Academy) is a health policy and advocacy organization founded in 1847 by a group of leading New York metropolitan area physicians as a voice for the medical profession in medical practice and public health ...

References

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